Jimi started out playing guitar on the 'chitlin circuit', backing acts like Little Richard and The Isley Brothers.
He moved to New York, and in 1966 was offered the chance of a new career in London.
'Hey Joe' was a British Top Ten pop hit, and when Jimi appeared on TV he got sensational revues.
His
use of feedback and wah-wah, and his awesome technique impressed Eric
Clapton, the entire British Blues community, and then the whole world.
Jimi
only made three studio albums; Are You Experienced?; Axis Bold as Love;
and Electric Ladyland, but much more material has been released by The
Experience Hendrix Organisation
.
Jimi's 'Star Spangled Banner'
at Woodstock was a wordless tribute to the Vietnam Generation, the
eternal voice of disenfranchised youth, and a fitting epitaph to a great
man.
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